ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · UT · GEOID 49635702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Richfield, Utah

According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 13.3 min one way; 9.9% worked from home, 72.2% drove alone, and 2.8% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.

Mean one-way trip13.3 min±3.4 min MOE
Worked from home9.9%±3.2 pp MOE
Drove alone72.2%±4.5 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.8%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in Richfield city's published commute estimate?

From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +2.3 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +1.3 percentage points.

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute11.0 min → 13.3 min▲ 2.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home8.6% → 9.9%▲ 1.3 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.7% → 0.2%▼ 0.5 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone73.6% → 72.2%▼ 1.4 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How Richfield city residents usually get to work

Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 72.2%; 0.2% used public transit and 9.9% worked from home.

Drive alone72.2% ±4.5 pp
Carpool13.9% ±4.3 pp
Public transit0.2% ±0.4 pp
Walk2.5% ±1.4 pp
Bicycle0.5% ±0.7 pp
Work from home9.9% ±3.2 pp

Each share uses 3,462 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

How Richfield city compares with similar-size places

This place's mean commute is at the 3th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

3thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 97% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

41thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 59% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

45thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

15th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 85% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind Richfield city's commute shares

The 2024 estimates cover 3,462 workers age 16+, including 3,118 workers with reported travel time and 344 home workers.

Population estimate8,224± 43 MOE
Workers age 16+3,462± 230 MOE
Workers with travel time3,118± 241 MOE
Estimated home workers344± 114 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.

05 / SAME STATE

Comparable Utah commute records for Richfield city

These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.

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